Sorting through and synthesizing the now 19 concepts fitting with what we’re calling the “sustainable commons” vision of …
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Next up: A new species!
Homo Deus makes the provocative argument that technological progress has Homo Sapiens on the path to becoming a new …
Introducing the Future
I’m sure there a mixed feelings at a conference when it’s time for the futurist session. What is a futurist …
Has Trump Shifted the Baseline?
This question emerged in a working session on the future of US and Mexico relations. In good Framework Foresight …
After Capitalism Visions Taking Shape
Small steps forward. It’s helpful in research to step back everyone once in and while and assess or re-assess where you …
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Abundance: Tech to the Rescue
The title says it all: Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. If you’re a true believer in technology …
The Future and Reality
The Houston Foresight Program’s Alternative Perspectives class opens with a week on the nature of reality. Each week …
What is a futurist?
When someone asks you what a futurist is, how do you answer? Do you answer differently each time? Maybe you vary it …
Building Foresight Capacity Is a Long Game
Each spring in Proseminar class we explore the past, present, and future of the foresight field. It provides an …
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Setting up a horizon scanning system
One of the great challenges of foresight work has been to establish a consistent ongoing horizon scanning system within …
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Reformation or Transformation
A key question that has consistently informed the research and books that I’ve been going through in this “After …
Looking for the best foresight work
APF’s has just launched the nominations phase of the 2018 Most Significant Futures Works program! This is our …
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Shrinking the [formal] Economy
We have made money more important than it should be. The economy is bigger than it should be. Charles Eisenstein in …
The Neoliberal Capitalist Story
“Social responsibility”….[is a] fundamentally subversive doctrine” in a free society….“there is one and only one social …
Research Projects at Houston Foresight
My project work these days is with the research capability we're building at the University of Houston Foresight …
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Signal: Men without Work
Nicholas Eberstadt of American Enterprise Institute provides helpful insight into an issue that “after capitalism” is …
Reframing After Capitalism
I introduced a new framing of the “After Capitalism” project a few weeks ago in a post on “transition.” Let’s look more …
Visions looks forward, not backward
This Sunday’s NY Times, alongside a piece chortling about the problems that Roy Moore is causing Republicans, featured …
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P2P Platforms in Transition to After Capitalism
Last week we talked about the sharing economy as a transition stage to “after capitalism.” Intermediaries are an …
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The Sharing Economy Transition
In my emerging scheme for organizing the concepts for what’s next and after capitalism, I am placing the sharing economy …
Are you Ready for Foresight Boot Camp?
It's almost time for the January 2018 UH Foresight Certificate boot camp? I suspect some readers of this blog have …
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From Apartness to Integrated
I have been working through ideas about “what’s after capitalism,” and think about what’s wrong and what could be right, …
Changing sense of place: the Virtual Replicator
Interesting how many times I’ve rewritten this! I keep seeing different angles, but not convinced that’s it, trying …
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State of the Future, 19th edition
Jerry Glenn asked me to alert the APF that the Millennium Project’s new State of the Future report is out. I confess …
After Capitalism: The Symbiotic Economy
APF colleague Matthew Henry pointed me in the direction of Simbi, which is essentially a bartering site in which “you …
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Changing Sense of Place, Part 1
Changing sense of place is a potential emerging discontinuity I’ve been using with groups lately. On the …
I Am Not a Consumer: Values and After Capitalism
Shifting values are a key part of the “after capitalism” story. It’s not just about economics, it’s really about our way …
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Let’s talk about success
I was happy to see my paper “Let’s Talk about Success: A Proposed Foresight Outcomes Framework for Organizational …
Balanced View of Emerging AI & Automation
One the one hand, “we are at an inflection point—the early stages of a shift as profound as that brought on by the …
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Commons or Commodities?
We might think about two polar opposite and perhaps extreme visions of the “after capitalism” future: commons, in which …